31.8% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 41.6%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3058, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3058, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 10 percentage points more people in postcode 3058 speak a language other than English at home compared to the national figure. While this makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most, the proportion of people using other languages has fallen from 41.6% in 2011 to 31.8%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 64.5% of residents, followed by Italian, Greek, Arabic and Mandarin. About 5.6% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the Victorian figure and among the highest for areas of this size.
5.6% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 3058, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3058/3058-vic/topic/language